Antonov An-140

Antonov An-140

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Antonov An-140

Antonov An-140. Gostomel, Ukraine, 2008
Role	Airliner
First flight	17 September 1997
Status	Operational
Primary users	Ukraine Iran Russia
Produced	1997-present
Number built	28
Unit cost	US$9 million
Variants	HESA IrAn-140

The Antonov An-140 is a short-range turboprop airliner, first flown on September 17, 1997. Apart from the main production line in Kharkiv, Ukraine by KSAMC, aircraft are being produced in Russia and under licence by HESA in Iran as the IR.AN-140 or Iran-140. It can carry a maximum of 52 passengers.

Civil operators

Antonov An-140 in Yakutia Airlines livery.

Antonov An-140. Gostomel, Ukraine, 2008

As of August 2006 a total of 11 Antonov An-140 aircraft are in airline service, with a further 16 firm orders. It is currently operated by:

Airline	In Service	On Order
Antonov Design Bureau	3	0
Azerbaijan Airlines	2	1
Ilyich-Avia	2	0
Motor Sich	3	0
Air Libya Tibesti	5	0
Samara Airlines	2	0
Yakutia Airlines	4	4
Safiran Airlines^[1]	2	0
Iran Air Tours^[2]	3	30	Total	30	31

Specifications (An-140)

Data from www.antonov.com

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Capacity: 52 passengers
Length: 22.60 m (74 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 24.505 m (80 ft 5 in)
Height: 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 51 m² (549 ft²)
Empty weight: 12,810 kg (28,240 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 19,150 kg (42,220 lb)
Powerplant: 2× Klimov TV3-117WMA-SBM1 turboprops, 1,838 kW (2,466 shp) each
Alternate powerplant: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127A turboprops, 1,900 kW (2,500) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 575 km/h (310 knots, 357 mph)
Cruise speed: 460 (250 knots, 290 mi)
Range: 1380 km / 2420 km (745 nm, 860 mi / 1307 nm, 1504 mi)
Ferry range: 3,680 km (1,990 nm, 2,290 mi)
Service ceiling: 7600 m (25,000 ft)
Rate of climb: m/s (1,345 ft/min)

Accidents

The An-140 has suffered four major accidents. In three out of the four, all on board have died.

In December 2002 an aircraft carrying many of Ukraine's top aviation designers and engineers crashed into a mountainside as it was preparing to land in Isfahan-Iran, killing all 45 on board. The passengers, including some Russian specialists and officials, were headed for the official inauguration of Iran's version of another Antonov plane, the An-140 commuter airliner, which is licensed by the design bureau. Iranian officials at first said they believed pilot error was to blame for the crash, but later said it was early to determine what caused the accident. The aircraft's flight data recorder was recovered but the results were never revealed. .

In 2005 another An-140 fell into the sea shortly after taking off from Baku en route to the oil town of Aktau in Kazakhstan, killing 23 people on board. General director of AZAL said "After a preliminary investigation we are leaning toward a version of events under which the accident happened for technical reasons" .

The third accident (non-fatal) occurred on 12 August 2005 with a HESA IrAn-140 belonging to Safiran Airlines. One of the engines failed and the airplane tried to land with the remaining engine. During the landing it went out of the runway in Arak airport. Airplane body was badly damaged but no-one died.

The forth accident happened on 15 February 2009 in Iran killing 5 pilots on board, . This airplane was also of the Iranian type known as the HESA IrAn-140.

Civil operators

Specifications (An-140)

Accidents

See also